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BELLEVUE, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 24, 2002--drugstore.com, inc. (Nasdaq:DSCM), the leading Internet retailer of health, beauty, wellness, personal care and pharmacy products, announced today its second quarter financial results.
drugstore.com, inc. beat earlier estimates for the quarter, reporting year over year net sales growth of forty percent and a forty-two percent reduction in EBITDA loss (excluding impairment and restructuring charges and cumulative effect adjustment).
"By maintaining a simple, but critical company-wide focus on customer service, we are driving the right metrics towards profitability," said drugstore.com, inc. President and Chief Executive Officer, Kal Raman. "I'm extremely pleased with our accomplishments in the second quarter, and am proud of our team as we continue to push toward our goal to become EBITDA positive during 2003."
Second quarter net sales were $47.6 million and grew by $13.6 million or 40 percent from the second quarter of 2001, and gross margin increased to 19.5 percent, growing by 320 basis points from the prior year second quarter. Concurrently, operating expenses before impairment and restructuring charges, amortization of intangible assets, and amortization of stock-based compensation, declined year over year by 14 percent or $3.4 million, to $20.1 million. Pro forma net loss for the quarter (excluding impairment and restructuring charges, amortization of intangible assets, amortization of stock-based compensation and cumulative effect adjustments) decreased to $10.5 million or $0.16 per share, which reflects a year-over-year loss reduction of $6.3 million and a sequential loss reduction of $2.6 million. EBITDA loss (excluding impairment and restructuring charges and cumulative effect adjustment) was $8.5 million, reflecting a year over year loss reduction of $6.2 million or 42%. Cash use declined for the ninth consecutive quarter to $4.9 million, and represented a 63% year over year reduction in quarterly cash use. Cash on hand at quarter end was $66 million, a balance the company believes is sufficient to reach cash flow break-even.
Net loss on a GAAP basis declined to $14.0 million or $.21 per share in the second quarter of 2002, from $32.1 million or $0.49 per share in the second quarter of 2001. Reflected in the GAAP net loss is a non-cash impairment charge of $2.5 million associated with the write-off of prepaid cable television advertising rights. These rights were received in connection with a private placement offering in June of 1999, and were recorded on the balance sheet at fair value. During the second quarter, the company made a determination that they will not be utilizing these rights, and accordingly have written off the balance.
Also during the quarter, the company completed its transitional goodwill impairment test in connection with its January 1, 2002 adoption of SFAS 142 "Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets". As a result of the test, the company recorded an $8.9 million non-cash cumulative effect adjustment that, in accordance with the statement, has been reflected retroactively as of the adoption date, and included in the GAAP net loss for the six month period ended June 30, 2002. The impairment was associated with goodwill recorded in connection with the acquisition of Beauty.com in the first quarter of 2000.
Operational Highlights for Second Quarter of 2002
-- David Dowhan joined drugstore.com as the Vice President of Marketing. David brings over 12 years of general management, product development, and Internet marketing and sales experience to drugstore.com, and most recently served as the Group Vice President of Marketing Acquisitions at NextCard, Inc.
-- Entered into new marketing relationships with Amazon.com.
-- Executed several new marketing programs with partner Rite-Aid, seeing sales through the Rite-Aid channel grow 18 percent from first quarter of this year.
-- Named one of the Top 10 "Five Star" Merchants for Online Customer Service in a Mystery Shopping Survey conducted by the DMA (Direct Marketing Association) and the e-tailing group.
Financial Highlights for Second Quarter of 2002 (all comparisons are made with the second quarter of 2001 unless otherwise noted)
-- Net sales increased by 40 percent to $47.6 million, and increased sequentially from first quarter 2002 net sales of $43.9 million.
-- Net revenue per order increased by 10 percent, or $6, to $68.
-- Acquired 205,000 new customers, bringing the total customer base to approximately 2.8 million.
-- Orders from repeat customers in the quarter represented 71 percent of all orders and reflected an all time high on an absolute basis.
-- Gross margin increased for the twelfth consecutive quarter to 19.5%, a year over year improvement of 320 basis points.
-- Fulfillment expenses declined to 14 percent of net sales, down from 20 percent in second quarter 2001.
-- Pro forma net loss for the quarter (excluding impairment and restructuring charges, amortization of intangible assets, amortization of stock-based compensation and cumulative effect adjustment) decreased to $10.5 million or $0.16 per share, which reflects a year-over-year loss reduction of $6.3 million and a sequential loss reduction of $2.6 million.
-- EBITDA loss for the quarter (excluding impairment and restructuring charges and cumulative effect adjustment) was $8.5M or $0.13 per share and improved year over year by $6.2 million or 42 percent.
-- Cash use was reduced for the ninth consecutive quarter to $4.9 million, which represents an $8.3 million or 63 percent year over year reduction, and a $3 million or 39 percent sequential decline.
Outlook for Third Quarter and the Year Ending 2002
drugstore.com expects third quarter of 2002 net sales to approximate $50 million, and gross margin to approximate 19.5 percent. EBITDA loss is anticipated to approximate $6 million to $7 million. The company also expects to add 210,000 new customers to its base at an acquisition cost of $21 to $22.
For the fiscal year ending 2002, the company remains firm on its prior net sales guidance of $200 million, and anticipates an EBITDA loss excluding non-cash marketing expenses (estimated at $7.8 million) and before impairment and restructuring charges and cumulative effect adjustment, to fall in the range of $22 million to $24 million, rather than the previous guidance range of $25 million to $26 million.
About drugstore.com
drugstore.com, inc. (Nasdaq:DSCM) is a leading online drugstore and information site offering The Simple Way to Look and Feel your Best(TM) for health, beauty, wellness, personal care, and pharmacy products. The drugstore.com(TM) Web site provides a convenient, private, and informative shopping experience that encourages consumers to purchase products essential to healthy, everyday living. The drugstore.com Web store offers thousands of brand-name personal health care products at competitive prices; a full-service, licensed retail pharmacy; and a wealth of health-related information, buying guides, and other tools designed to help consumers make informed purchasing decisions.
drugstore.com,inc. has been awarded the Verified Internet Pharmacy Practice Sites (VIPPS) certification by the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP) as a fully licensed facility exercising the best safe pharmacy practices in compliance with federal and state laws and regulations.
In addition to Amazon.com (Nasdaq:AMZN), drugstore.com, inc. also has strategic relationships with Rite Aid Corporation (NYSE, PSE:RAD) General Nutrition Companies, and WellPoint Health Networks (NYSE:WPT). drugstore.com and The Simple Way to Look and Feel your Best are trademarks of drugstore.com, inc.
The historical results contained in this press release are preliminary and unaudited. In addition, this press release contains forward-looking statements regarding future events or the future financial and operational performance of drugstore.com. Words such as "expects", "believes", "anticipates", "intends", "may", "will", "plan" "continue" "forecast" ,"remains", "would", "should" and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are based on current expectations, are not guarantees of future performance and involve assumptions, risks, and uncertainties. Actual performance may differ materially from those contained or implied in such forward-looking statements. Risks and uncertainties that could lead to such differences could include, among other things: effects of changes in the economy, consumer spending, the stock market, changes affecting the Internet, online retailing and advertising, drugstore.com's limited operating history, the unpredictability of future revenues and expenses and potential fluctuations in revenues and operating results, risks related to business combinations and strategic alliances, consumer trends, the level of competition, seasonality, the timing and success of expansion efforts, risks related to systems interruptions, possible governmental regulation, and the ability to manage a rapidly growing business. Additional information, regarding factors that potentially could affect drugstore.com's business, financial condition and operating results is included in drugstore.com's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including in the prospectus dated March 15, 2000 relating to drugstore.com's public offering of common stock, in the prospectus on Form S-3, effective October 2, 2000 and in our periodic filings with the SEC on Forms 10K and 10Q. drugstore.com expressly disclaims any intent or obligation to update any forward-looking statement, except as otherwise specifically stated by it.


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This definitely is not music to the ears of Sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shanker. A Delhi court has ruled against him in a five-year-old legal battle over payment dues against a company which built his prestigious music institute in Chanakyapuri. Tees Hazari Additional District Judge Dinesh Bhatt directed the renowned musician and his Trust to jointly pay Rs 15. 8 lakh to V.K. Constructions. The company, which began the construction for the Rs 2.69 crore Ravi Shanker Institute for Music and Performing Arts in July 1998, completed work in March 2003. While settling the bills, Rs 15.8 lakh was held back on the ground that certain defects needed to be set right. The company's lawyer, Richa Kapoor, told the court that the dues were not cleared even after they said defects were rectified. She said that the company sent repeated reminders and legal notices. But the musician and the Trust running the music institute took the stand that the dues were not paid as defects were not removed and so they were forced to engage the services of three other contractors for the purpose. But the court found that Ravi Shanker had not specified the defects and that the new contractors entrusted with the task had not been called in as witnesses in his support. "There is no evidence on record to prove as to the nature of defects left behind by plaintiff and if they were so grave to disentitle plaintiff (the builder) from payment. this therefore proves that all major defects were attended and removed by the plaintiff," the court said. An embarrassment
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We NEED your help to save our friend's life.
On Saturday, August 19th, our dear friend April got into a tragic accident while touring in Bantayan, Cebu. She had a traumatic brain injury and had undergone Hemicraniectomy or brain surgery due to the blood clot and swelling in her brain.
She is currently in an induced coma. Her mom, and dad, Tita Wanda and Tito Ben, takes care of everything she needs at the hospital, while her younger sister Jel finds ways to cover the expenses.
Being hundred miles away from home, family and friends, and seeing their beloved child and sister suffering, we know that this is very hard for them. And we're trying to help in any way we can.
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PHOENIX – (May 28, 2009) – Phoenix, Ariz.-based Anthem Education Group (AEG), the parent company of 23 accredited post secondary education institutions in 14 states, announced today that its Chairman of the Board, James D. Hutton, PhD has been elected to the Career College Association (CCA) Board of Directors. Dr. Hutton will serve a three-year term beginning on July 1, 2009.
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"Jim is a visionary leader with a long history of success in education and he has been instrumental in the growth of Anthem Education Group," said Bill Hillard, Chief Executive Officer of Anthem Education Group. "He will bring a wealth of experience and knowledge to the Career College Association."
Dr. Hutton has been an active chairman with Anthem Education Group and has been involved in the company's recent reorganization, executive-level team building as well as regulatory and accreditation relations. Prior to Anthem Education Group, he was a co-founder of Education Corporation of American (ECA), a 19-campus educational institution that included Virginia College, Culinard and the San Diego Golf Academy (SDGA).
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Definition of Conjunctional
1. a. Relating to a conjunction.
Definition of Conjunctional
1. Adjective. Conjoining. ¹
2. Adjective. (linguistics) Pertaining to, or governed by, a conjunction. ¹
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6. The Practical Elements of Rhetoric: With Illustrative Examples by John Franklin Genung (1896)
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The Spooktacular will be held at Blue Valley West High School in Overland Park on October 16th & 17th. With a shortened schedule and a smaller venue, some events have been adjusted. Please check their meet information sheet for all the details. They assure us that the Spooktacular will still be fun, well-managed, and enjoyable for our swimmers.
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[ST 52056179] Fairy Toot [TI] Long Barrow [GT]. (1) Fairy Toot comprises the remains of a long barrow with transepted gallery. In 1788 it was 150 feet N-S and 75 feet E-W and 40 feet high. It was being destroyed for road metalling and T. Bere describes a port-hole stone which led to a gallery with several chambers containing skeletal remains. Only a single human cranium is now in Bristol City Museum. The bulk of the barrow was made of small white stones covered with 5-6 inches of soil. [See AO/62/302/6 for an 18th C. view of the barrow.] The barrow is now divided into two mounds, ten feet in diameter and four feet high; a cowshed occupies part of the site. (2-4) The most obvious remains of this long barrow is a small tree covered mound 2.5m high. This is composed of small limestone slabs and it would seem that the old lime kiln immediately to the south used stone from the barrow. To the north of the mound a crescentic scarp, maximum height 0.9m, almost certainly represents the northern extremity of the barrow. Surveyed at 1:2500 (See AO/65/237/2 for an 18th/19th century illustration of the gallery) (a). (5) References to a lost cave at Burrington, containing not less the 100 skeletons, possibly due to confusion in early sources with Fairy Toot long barrow, although there is no suggestion that as many as 100 skeletons were found here (6-7)
The aerial photographs of this area were examined as part of the Mendip Hills AONB project of the National Mapping Programme. No evidence for this site was seen on the available aerial photographs (8).
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I was born and raised in Milwaukie, Wisconsin. I attended the University of Wisconsin for my undergraduate studies and received my Doctorate of Dental Surgery from Marquette University in 1978.
It was during the Christmas break of my senior year of dental school, that I flew out to the Pacific Northwest to check out Portland. I was quickly drawn in by the natural beauty of Oregon. I enthusiastically decided to make Portland my new home.
My wife and I have proudly raised two daughters. My oldest daughter is a 6th grade math and science teacher in the Portland area. My youngest daughter decided to follow in her dad's footsteps and has become a dentist. My greatest joy is now spending time with my three grandchildren. Otherwise, I am outdoors relishing in the beauty of our great state.
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Drought and low crop yields have led to poor living conditions for many Indian farmers. Now an NGO is trying to increase farm income through beekeeping, while saving threatened local bee populations at the same time.
Beekeeping helps farmers to improve their living conditions
Monsoon is Somar Devji Maghi's favourite time of year.
An iridescent green has swept across the ground and for the next four months, Somar will plant, turn soil and watch his farm grow.
The 26-year-old lives in Dandwal, a small village in Gujarat, in India's South. Somar wishes he could spend his whole year here but he can't grow enough to support the family. When monsoon ends he works on other people's farms making just 60 Rupees – or one Euro – a day.
As India pushes forward with its quest for development, small farmers like Somar are getting left behind, according to Vijaya Pastala.
"Gujarat is the fastest growing state but there are still many tribal villages that don't have electricity. Not many finish school, not many go to college, women are married early. A lot of them are loan-dependent, money-lender-dependent."
A sustainable solution
There are still many tribal villages without electricity
Vijaya Pastala is the CEO of Under the Mango Tree (UTMT), a company that links organic small farms to a national market.
After witnessing tribal life in Gujarat, Vijaya was determined to help. In March 2009 she launched the not-for-profit Bees For Poverty Reduction Program.
Farmers buy a starter kit of two bright blue bee boxes at 2,500 Rupees or 42 Euros. They then undergo an intensive training program, where they learn how to find, capture, box and care for the indigenous bee – Apis cerena.
Beekeeping in India is not like beekeeping in the West. There is no protective suit, it's just your bare skin up against thousands of potentially angry bees. It takes patience, persistence and courage.
"I've been stung up to 100 times in a single day when boxing hives," UTMT's bee expert Atar Singh said. However, as Jhula Mahado found out, the pain pays off when you hit pay dirt for the first time.
For months, Jhula has been carefully tending his hive. Every two days he checks the combs making sure that they are sheltered from the wind and rain.
Each day he watched as swarms of black and gold entered the box carrying packs of pollen.
As Atar opens the box to show, more than 45 thousands bees swarm around rich yellow combs, oozing with honey. The combs are cut and the honey extracted.
Jhula will make 16 Euros from this batch. He should be able to collect honey every 15 to 20 days for the next four months. It's a huge boost to his average annual income, which is less than 170 Euros per year.
The fresh honey makes up for numerous painful bee stings
More than just honey
According to Atar, the rewards of beekeeping go even further.
"Honey is just a by product or direct advantage to the beekeepers. The indirect advantages are much more, even in terms of monetary benefits. Having bees helps to increase their agricultural productivity through pollination. Bees are responsible for 80 percent pollination for the crop, which increases about 35 to 40 percent of yield," he explained.
More importantly, Atar said, beekeeping is helping his favourite bee, Apis cerena, make a long- needed comeback.
The Cerena is an indigenous Indian bee – famous for its small size and ability to crawl into delicate flowers. But their population is dwindling due to loss of habitat and disease.
One of the worst health scares, Atar explained, started in 1972 with the introduction of Apis mellifera – a European bee.
"Apis mellifera could actually produce 75 to 85 kilos of honey versus Apis cerena which could only produce 5 to 7 kilos of honey. But within six months a viral disease known as sad brood had been introduced and it caused a lot of harm to the indigenous bee population."
The other threat has been India's tradition of honey hunting.
Searching for gold
The population of India's indigenous bee is dwindling
Somu Sotru is a traditional honey hunter. He goes into the forest, finds a hive, smokes it until the bees leave and then crushes it to get the honey.
"We go into the forest with an axe and cut the honey comb. We squeeze the honey and throw the combs away. We collect it into plastic bags and then sell it," Somu said.
Somu has two bee boxes on his farm, but when Atar opens them, the hives are empty and covered in white webs, created by wax moths. Somu lacks the patience required to care for bees, and still views honey hunting as a quick fix.
Although some older farmers like Somu remain unconvinced of the benefits of beekeeping, others like Somar Devji Maghi have embraced the opportunity.
The program has trained 600 farmers, out of which 100 are master trainers like Somar. They help farmers catch, keep and care for the bees.
"Now it's just seven people who have taken up this activity. I want more people to take up this activity, as well as the landless. I want the activities to be so good that you take the name of our village everywhere you go," Somar said.
Somar has already noticed an increase of productivity this year. He has collected cucumbers every three days, compared to every six and hopes to have eight to ten bee boxes on his farm by the end of next year.
Author: Lauren Farrow
Editor: Nathan Witkop
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